🍄 Why Are They Fuzzy? All About FAE (Fresh Air Exchange) 🍄
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Why do you your mushrooms have fuzz on the bottom? Is it a bad sign?
In this video, I give a quick rundown of why mushrooms can get the so-called "fuzzy feet", and its relationship to FAE (fresh air exchange).
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Not sure if you have a dunking or rehydration overview video but I'm interested.
@@bigtime4794 I’ll do it!
I starve my block of oxygen a little at night by covering the holes of my tub slightly and it has the fuzzy feet effect slightly but it also causes them to be a little fatter and grow a little bigger. I found this block's "happy medium" as far as CO2 and I'm pretty proud of that. She loves it!
this is interesting!
This is probably because your simulating what plants do. Produce CO2 during the night so your effectively acting as the plants when doing this at night.
What you're doing has zero benefits I'm afraid.
Im freaked out if i messed my tub bc it looked a lil dry. Then i saw my first pins!! Then later (same day) idk if these are pins but looks brownish greenish ik green isn’t supposed to be good- now im nervous again! Idk what im doing.. first time… all i got is these vids and comments yall.
@@shoniebrown7579get a uv light wand and kill that green spot
Crazy amounts of info from the man the myth the legend
Thanks Mungy!
I was worried for a moment because mine are hella fuzzy, most likely due to air exchange. Always come to your channel for guidance. Mush love ❤
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Incredibly informative. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Ok,, so i never put holes in my monotubs. I even use shoe boxes most of the time. I can't always be there to fan so I'm thinking I might start putting holes in the larger monotubs for more FAE. I'm one of those who likes to let the mushrooms do what they do and not put too much effort into trying to "grow them". But I do notice my harvests are sometimes fuzzy and elongated reaching for air at the top. Great video and always appreciate the information you put out there for us.
Very helpful dude. Currently got it on mine and i been worried its mould. Very informative
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I feel like the mycelium uses water as a membrane to exchange gas with air, the humidity on and in the forest floor is near 100%, but a few inches above the floor is 60-70%, that’s when the mushrooms makes gills to interact with the air. I think rhizomorphic mycelium Is directly related to moisture levels. I want to know more!
This is something to definitively keep in mind. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you I learned a lot in this and made sure to give more fresh air. I had this about halfway at my mushrooms even though the fruiting set looks good my first time grower and I've been learning a lot.
Great info! Thanks! I remember Paul Stamets mentioning that the Lion's Mane mycellium were more potent than the fruiting body as far as neurogenesis.
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Your videos are teaching me a lot! Really appreciate all of your time and content. 🍄❤
Thank you Jesse, I’m happy to hear that!
Thanks a lot for the content man, invaluable really. I was just wondering about that bottom fuzz on some of my boys and this video showed up in my YT homepage. The network works in mysterious ways...
😃 glad to hear you found this channel and the video was helpful!
Thanks for this. I've adopted a minimal interference approach, and didn't monitor the fruiting stage very much. I had a look after a couple of weeks of fruiting stage and there were a couple of mushrooms with four inch stems, so I left it another week, and the grow bag was full of flat caps and fuzz. I didn't know what the fuzz was - thought maybe it was its own mycelium, but was worried it could have been something else. Long story short, I put it in the compost bin. I hope the worms are happy.
You just eased a worried mind! I've just had the biggest, most successful yield ever. I've been failing since I started in 2019. I noticed the fuzz and have been debating tossing out all my fruits out of caution because I was uncertain if they were harmful or poisonous because of contam. Thank You!
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Love it. Very stoked for agar related vids so I can follow along with my newly inoculated plates :)
3:34 That's a very interesting point to bring up, especially when considering various mushrooms that can be grown on various media but will only fruit when very specific conditions are met (like after bonding with a tree or shrub, certain weather conditions, forest fires, etc.). I know some medicinal growers like Myriad Mycology sell Agarikon mushroom powders by simply colonizing substrate and then grind and dry it instead of wait for the fruiting body to develop. Pretty sure that's what Paul Stamet's Host Defense capsules are also filled with.
I like fuzzy feet they can be beneficial at time because when I harvest I tsle the fuzzy buts from the stalk and slap it on some agar. Shrooms for days or burry them in substrate
Same here goes on and on 🎉
Temperature will have some effect on that, if your temperature is too high, you will get excessive mycelium drop the temperature to around 72-76 degrees Fahrenheit, anything higher you will get fuzz,
If you can't get the temperature they low, the fruits will still fruit and be edible and have potency correct???
your channel is brilliant man , rly helpful. thank you!
Thank you! I was wondering why my stems were fuzzy.
Thanks Mycophilla, you answered all my questions 👍
Glad to hear it!
Thanks so much, I woke up and thought with shock that my babies were contaminated 😵 now I changed the spot (less warm, so less condensation I guess) and put an extra amount fresh air on them 🙏🏼 still hoping it’s no mold…
Nevermind, I FOUND IT! U rock homie! MussshhhhhhLovveeee!
I legitimately laughed out loud after the comment about how mycelium influences "taste."
Oysters are a VERY good at getting fuzzy feet and will let you know when it's not enough FAE. Starting with them will give you an idea of how it all works with other types of fungi (in most cases). The results are rather similar.
That is literally the only reason that I could find about them that prove difficult to grow to bountiful harvests. To get around this, I seen people be very successful outside with them with their plants so I might be trying this. Seeing as I can't even find a meshed greenhouse to do this in.
I love your content and information that you have shared. Just subscribed. I love how you explain the topic with the white board. Super effective 👍
Welcome aboard! Thank you 😊
Thanks for this explanation.
Great content!
Thanks Sam!
I've been putting so much effort into growing jedi mind fuck spores and man they've been a tricky little mycelium to care for. Got them into fruiting stage conditions now and got contaminated on one then wet rot on another but my most recent attempt and tub is doing very well I'm starting to see primordius showing and I hope so so much they finally sprout into beautiful little mushrooms for me I've been heart broken everytime I've had a set back but it might be paying off finally! First time grower btw so I got alot to learn
I’ve grown gourmets, but I’m on my first tub of PE6 . I have probably over 200 tiny pins and about 12-15 decent size fruits . Only been fruiting for a week and a half , but they have veryyy fuzzy feet even though I fan a few times a day
If you’re using a tub setup you shouldn’t need to fan, they should get plenty of passive FAE. As long as they’re not noodly looking it shouldn’t be a problem
@@Mycophilia I’m using a unmodified tub with the top flipped, should I fan?
If they aregetting fuzzy feet and there is has fast growth then yeah he does need more FAE.
AH. By different flavor in mycelium vs fruiting body I think were talking about the study regarding MAOI.
Unfortunately, I won't get the chance to see if my mushrooms will get fuzzy. 😞 My first time grow ever and I found Blue/Green Mold within 12 hrs of putting it to substrate😱. Thank you so much for this video, I will watch it again when my second grow gets to this stage.
Fingers crossed!
how do u get trich that fast lol
@@TheClens1 😂😂
still havnt answered how!!!
Why didn’t you try to save?
What does it mean when the whole mushroom has a little bit of fuzz all over it?
I have a fan going constantly moving air in my room and am fanning my mini tub multiple times a day once pins form and I still get major fuzzy feet about an inch up the mushroom. I'm on my 2nd flush and every one of them have fuzzy feet (golden teachers). I have my cake sitting inside a grocery bag so my side pins could grow with holes in it and fuzzy feet are still present.
A lot of times fuzzy feet comes from genetics, some outdoor fruits will have fuzzy feet.
Never fan. It's outdated and does nothing of any benefit. Fanning stresses the mycelium and can lead to matting and other problems. The same with having fans running, as that can dry out the substrate surface. Fuzzy feet are as much genetics as anything else.
@@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenterfanning stresses the mycelium? Have you never gone outside…or heard of wind? You gotta get ur head out the lab my friend and start thinking bout nature. Stress is good. Temp fluctuations are good. Humidity flux is good. You want mushrooms that are vigorous and strong not babied and weak. You will just succeed in breeding weaker and weaker genetics.
@@Mycophilia first time tub grower and had zero fuzz on my first flush but have fuzzy feet after dunking and second flush, so at least in my case, humidity seems more probable than genetics. thanks for the great videos!
@@Peter-f2m fanning does not stress mycelium but it is a very outdated practice.
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There’s always a surprise premier coming up!
Thanks dude!
After doing a few weeks research on mycelium/ shrooms I have come to learn that this hobby is absolutely full of people that don’t have a clue what they are talking about 😂 if you ask reddit what this fuzz is they will tell you to burn your house down from contamination hahaha
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I tried to ask Reddit a question and got nothing but spam messages telling me to hit up there guy to order online 😒
Just get some books by Paul Stamens
I noticed fuzzy feet on some of the late pinners as they all started to take off and catch up to the early pins.
Thankyou so much!
My pleasure Chepekabras!
What if they turn black? And they also have some fuzzynes?
Hey Myco, at 3:38 you say the mycelium has 20 times more of a particular compound than the fruits.
Is it cillo siben by any chance? I've thought about trying to make a hot tea broth out of the spent bulk substrate after harvest and see what that's like.
Thanks.
No not the psilies, beta-carbolines (MAOIs essentially)
I wonder if that study validates Stamets' using the mycelium in his supplements rather than the fruiting bodies.
Depends on the species and what the extract claims to have really as it’s different throughout the board. For example ‘tasty’ species don’t have much flavonoids in mycelium
So my pins have fuzz on them as well from the fae problem? Will air save them or is my tub dooooomed?
Love the video. So my mushrooms are pinning and some are about 3 inches tall. And using a plastic bag for humidity purposes. So now I just take them out of the bag for FAE also they are in mono tubs and just spray them Lightly??
I noticed im starting to get fuzzy feet. Do you reccomend increasing the fan speed & maintian cycle rate or should i maintain fan speed & increase the duration its on?
Would my fae be causing my aborts as well? I got tons of pins and some small growth only to turn into aborts
Can u do video of FAE and misting because I go from dry to mold at 80+humid 80 temp I mist fan first flush sometimes good but second blue n mold
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Thanks I thought they mold
How do you stop fuzzy feet whiledoingneglect tek?
My Fiji strain Always fuzzes up. Even with FAE
Thank god I saw this! I have a block of Fiji and some of the tops have mycelium, thought it was cobwebs, but idk.
Hi what about if the fuzz covers on top of pins that they have already started growing before? I feel like a lot of my pins are aborting because they get covered again in mycelium wich doesnt let them grow. What can be cause? Very useful video, just subscribed.
That is not a cause but an effect of poor surface conditions, or (less likely) contamination. They are most likely too dry, impossible to tell without a pic. If you would like a 1 on 1 consultation and help (my mentorship program), send me an email at mycophilia.official@gmail.com and I will send over the details.
I ordered a Blue Oyster grow kit (first time growing) and it came with a small humidity tent. On the first flush they were very long with small caps. I realized they needed more FAE so now I’m on the second flush and I’ve been taking the tent off and fanning it a bit throughout the day. They just started pinning yesterday and today they’re growing long and tiny caps again. Should I just throw the humidity tent out?? I don’t see other kits needing a humidity tent, but it says to use it in the instructions and not to spray to mushrooms because they with wither.
Oysters need lots of FAE and moisture so I would not throw the tent out. I would try making little holes all over the bag so they can get more passive fae. You may find they’ll dry out faster, so if they do dry then I’d give them a gentle misting from afar.
@@Mycophilia the tent already has holes in it. I’m taking the tent off 15+ times a day and fanning them. And they’re still growing long stems and tiny caps. Is there anything else that could be causing this issue? This is pretty upsetting, I’m so fascinated by it all and excited to get into growing, I’ve watched so many videos on it and I just don’t see other people having this issue to my extent. And there is little to no information regarding growing mushrooms kits with a humidity tent.
@@jason8022you lack moisture
Right, but why the gloves?
To help stay a little anonymous :)
I am working with some "Oak Ridge" from mss and I swear they go fuzzy by default, which I am okay with but I am still trying to confirm this. the fuzzy feet on this variety end up being so "severe" that it looks like a little cotton ball is forming right under each mushroom and pin lol
If it’s only this variety that keeps getting fuzzy then it is genetics for sure
Assuming same environmental conditions
I inoculated some oak ridge and mine is growing ryzomorphic
My oak ridge is growing blue
Yea I'm stoned , had fuzzy growing.. not so concerned now could kill it with 3% peroxide, we will see
The fuzz is mycelium. Don’t peroxide it lol
So What’s The Cure Got Fuzz Going All The Up ? Caps Don’t Seem To Want To Open In My Small Shoe Box Tub Should I Open Up A Section So More Air Flow ? Can They Be Saved ? Thanks
They want much more fresh air. I’ve never seen a shoebox that bad though, do you have a sealing shoebox? Or are you keeping it in a restricted environment like a closet? The only time I’ve seen that is when I left them inside a closed box for a few days.
@@Mycophilia Yes Closet ! Giving Them More AirFlow Now and They Already Look Happy Thanks Very Much For Your Help
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First time growing, had fuzzy stuff growing. Today fond contaminated stuf in shoe box, sprayed 3 % peroxide and dug out funk. Hope that does it been about 4 months since I inoculated bag
Been 7 months since inoculation.. How'd it go
How much FAE during colonization vs fruiting? And since open air is risky for contams...what's the best way to go about providing optimal FAE?
I don’t differentiate between them, it’s all ‘fruiting’ to me (I just call it growing conditions). Open air is not risky, at least with a coir substrate and clean spawn, unless your environment is unnaturally high in trich spores due to previous contaminations. Passive FAE is all coir lovers need.
What if there’s white fluff on the caps of my mushrooms?
Oftentimes that’s just a genetic mutation rather than FAE related
I let mine get fuzzy
I have 5 tubs in a boom room 2.
One tub looks like it is colonizing just fine. Yet no fruiting.
The tub next to it looks like very minimum colonizing. Yet that tub has about 50 tiny pins with 4 of them actually much larger. The strain is golden teacher. I noticed the caps are very dark not golden brown.
The other 3 tubs on the lower shelves. Basically have done nothing. I broke up the those tubs as there was a crust almost on the surface with no colonizing.
I have the humidity set at 85-96 and air out take fan on high.
Any thoughts?
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hi! I'M new growing mushrooms and I've noticed this fuzzy feet in most of them i put a little aquarium pump with a filter for the air but i think i should run it much more time ,i can still eat them or is dangerous? thanks for sharing i really appreciate it!!!